'steedoelnetberoerof Perils
“more,” to lie tumult race the
.. _ , , 2' , eel wolle,frowningv
“fl-m ii.
world with a pathetic
engendered by long neglect.
,. grimly gray: the girl who .
looking up at the vest college was
' any from head to foot. Her
are]; she wore grey gaiters ever
and the slight wrap she eer-
‘ ‘ - ”gloves, dress, everything appear-
«the home riy hue. But she
, fresh on fair, the grim grey
on and old and desolate. la the
new one could be seen the sweet
of a young soul on the threshold of
. the wells of the college drooped with
third!!! of a message to which no one
.. [girl again gazed at the college as if .
would like.“ enter ite inhoepltahle, I
,. , .. ("table looking hallo, but she had i
protect for doing so. While she hesl‘
, the Fates. which shape our lives,
, ht matter in hand and decreed she
m eroes its threshold, for a gloomier,
hldow,fell across the' bulging walls, the,
”Muppeored behind a cloud, a few ,
raindrops splashed upon the uneven
atoms.
‘ Ibo girl looked at her dainty costume
iMIllhed. ”That is what comes of put- ,
Toma one's prettiest frock,” she said.
' McGrnder woo quite right. She
, Moved when we came to Paris that we ~
imnet wear all our old clothea, if we did
“with lobe taken for Parisienlloo. I.
for a Parisienne, unless-unless by. an
can."
The rain plashed down in warmer,
forum thicker drops, as the girl
. fathered up.’ her skirts preparatory to
“blag shelter. At that moment two
rfiotvloohin women hurriedly brushed
by her into the old college.
«”1 think had better go, too," the girl
“lanai: edly. "The rain will be over
soon. Th u! can return to Miss Mc~
m lild b’o scolded for wandering
, about a no. Sometimes, for a free born
‘ no, I think I submit a little too
loch Miss McGruder's scoldinga. One
ve in Paris what Thackeray calls
flap dog,’ just to'snap at intruders.
, . ”node me promise to be careful
. how wentobant by myself when l was
feel It enough to consent to marry him,
‘III so! had to bring her with me, dear,
old thing. However, when we get I
htoCaledouia Springs there will beI
Irlie,and then Miss McGrudcr can:
urn tothe manila at Grecnville. Poor ;
. ill McGrullerl What a pity her big-
heart hnon't some one to love!"
'CIlleta Crane peeped into the empty
.e
“Ican’t enter the lodge. Perhaps it
would be better to look for one of the
lull rooms, and shelter there. Some
none is sure to he lecturing, and l may
‘ , forastudent."
. Calista sat down near the fireplace as
aloud, clear voice from the rostrum an.
llllcod the beginning of the lecture.
“hold/red forward, her elbow resting
latheba'oh of the chair immediately in
frontal her, her cheek supported by a,
y»gloved hand. To the middle agu
rof Arabic she was an superb
6. from a world which had long
M to be real. He did not know that
,to’s air of rapt attention wan merely
all’ 'unooneclone pose, and that her
”flights were far away from him and
. ore.
Gradually Calistn remembered that
she had been dreaming for three quarters
.1 ' of ”hour. Miss McGruder would he
_ come busy, and yet she could not
possib depart before the conclusion of
the! .. ore; it would be too indecent. So
eh. . ed on, listening with grave ear-
lute , her large eyes dilating with
eager utereat a» the professor ulndo
we
I M be stupendous greatness of his
int. up when he had concluded the
‘ WI ehe was endeavoring to realize
the pe which her restive imagination
. . ~ . to adequately fill up.
I T professor‘e musical Voice hounded
at elbow. lie had thrown aside his
new ,and wast-lad in soulewhat rusty
b
” ademolsello will permit thatl introv
‘ . myself." he said in Ellgiiah, "so
the I may give her thanks for the great
lie whichl have experienced in her
ions attention to the «object of my
1 tire. I am Professor liihotenn, and
is the College of the line Use.
ff /
Galieta bowed. ~‘
“Do you lecture every day. monsieurr”
"You, mademoioellr, every day; and on
bio.” ‘
“’It I don’t underetand," the girl
“delicately. “Surely you have sto-
mr'
y
l
I
“It. madamoleelle: in the College of
the Boo (ioeqeette there are no etu~
n
”In otudentoi”
, ”flue. madsmoleelle: the late Mme.
.wbnl Moved oeveral proleeuionai
and the college is always open to
public. as redemoleelle sees. To-
tho attendauo hoe been exception-
e. Usually there lswno one.”
l' 1.3"" gs: aI littleAgel-p of
Why, ty. incr ul ty. " nd you
W every day, monelenr! All the.
, yearned!" .
may day. madomoloelle, all the year
Halal. with the exception of fete days.”
. ”with" should.
, “fl!” floprefeeeer'e eyes gleaned.
' ie is an ardent etudent.
Z I I“ will allow file the honor of
MW Id otldieo while she romaine
” it would to contents. on me
. laeotlmahlo. for the peoploof
. no.” interested in Arabic: they
“our.“ Hotel to me."
In oald tble as if it were the
d? r“
bile-piece thing in the world,
one whichdid not call for any upeelsl
‘ ' hag years of neglect had
‘ ‘ lime-linen, beneath ill-linemen
”at. however, Celina fancied
mm a keen gratitude to the
”I when the weary years had
one ye lint-tier to bio
we] ,
" Why-slum theether
more! in empty room for
' «(than hurried owe to
‘ ‘ mention. but -
:31: bed lectured three quor-
" new every day tor the years,
of Inshore and fete
‘ rs. hm cured bloom: and...
bed conceived an exaggerated respect for
Prof. Riboteeu. based upon the report of
by Galleta. But Miss McGruder, though
well stricken in years (she was 45 if a
day). soon felt a romantic admiration for
the Professor, which was altogether lost
on him. He brought Call-to books,
pencilcmnrked all over the yellow meta
glue with didereut readings. Such was
the man’s enthusiasm for his calling that
Callst; stayed on a week longer than she
had intended—another week—yet another _
week. The mornings were occupied in
selecting her trousseeu, her afternoon- in
learning Arabic. I
. And so, though her tronsseeu, the main
object of the visit to Paris. was complete‘
Calista lingered on. But there came a
day when peremptory InIIILVBB from
Canada recalled her with or exit insien!
teuce to the land of the maple and the3
beaver. I
In the delightful excitement of per'.
petuol purchasing, Cailntll hall almost
forgotten the final end and aim of all
this epeeding from shop to shop, from
mllliner to milliuer. But now a feverish
expectancy took possession of the girl,
She accelerated her preparations for
departure and broke the news to Miss
McGruder, who stared at her in ustonislb
meat“
“i thought you'd forgotten all about
it,” said that lady.
“No,” said Colistn,“l haven't forgotten,
Auntie, but I seem to have been in a
moot. somehow, bring myaelf to believe ,‘ dream lately, and all I can see in Charlie Mr. Gretebfll’fland I have found it much
that!!!» McGruder could ever be taken , standing on the Montreal wharf no the easier than miaht have been lulllllincd.
Caliste and in» trauma.“ rm no»; "
hie learning which bod been given to her th
'TAKING A NEW START
rm ofteruoou as flies Meal-ode: sat
beside her dead, there was a hurried stop
upon the stair. and a hurried ho . pt
e door. ~ .
"Open. Auntie, let me in," cried all.»
We valor, but worn and thin. and lacking
the rich fuineee of youth. v t ‘
Miss Meal-odor went to the door and
opened it to the tall, eellow women in
block. who stood upon the threshold.
"You are too late," she said to Gullah
“Too latei" ,
Cell-to moved toward the bed, but Miss
MoGruder stood between it and her
friend. "‘No," she said, and poiuM
toward the door. . "I have been withhim
all these years. You would disturb him
now’.’ Gui ”I will come to you after
And when she was once more left alone
with her dead, she drew a line linen cloth
over its face, and not there the appointed
hours until the Angel of the Lord should
require at her hands the anal which had
been committee unto her for a charge to
keep in the days of its affliction. And the
Woman, watching there, know that ehe
had fulfilled the burden laid upon her
unto the end, and ceased to Weep, for the
days of the dead man’s sorrow were past
and the light had come.--The Queen.
I
IN LIFE.
Bufferere from Stagnation Adviced to ‘l'ry
Parting Their flair In the Middle.
“l have taken a new otart in life," says
vessel slows Into her moorings, imploriug My oldest daughter, who “in very UIKM.
me to fly down to him. Let us go to- a very sprightly, and I might add a very
marrow.” attractive young woman, had fora long
“And the Professor?" “pea Min-time told me thatlwnsold-fnshionedaud"
McGruder with much meaning. “The 310% She acid that If I would wear
Professor? What 1. to become of him?" pointed shoes and high collars and fash-
A sudden pang of pain shot through ionahle ties and part my hair in the
the girl’s heart. “on, Auntie, I never mlddlel wouldn’t boobed-looking man.
s helohsttted labor
thought, I-rl don't know."
She covered her face with her hands.
Miss Mcilruder was not aware that every
other morning Calista had attended Prof.
Biboteau’slecturee. Sheliked to sit in
that almost clointrai darkness and listen ,
to the Professor's voice. Somehow it had
the power of soothing and taking her
out of every day petty cared. There was
alargeness about this man, he he went
on epinning his ropes of sand, which
attracted the girl very strongly. Little
by little he had told her the story of his
life. As she sat there day after day
(Culieta was generally the sole liateuor}
in her favorite altitude, his voice began
to tell her a great deal more than the
Professor himself knew. Sitting in the
old college room for the last time, Calinlu I
felt as if she had stepped in to consum-
mate tlle ilnnl tragedy of this man’s llfcu
There Were tears ill her eyes as she rose
to greet him after the conclusion of the
lecture. “it. is for the last time,” she
enidulmost carelessly. ”I leave tumor-g
row.” i
‘ The Professor bowed in nilence, as if
waiting for her to explain. I
“I am going to be married soon," anid
Callstn, listening to the sound of her own
voice as if it proceeded from some one
nice. "I am going to be married soon.
That to~——”
She stopped. The look in the Profan-
sor’s face frightened hcr. Suddenly it.
passed, an if a blind had been drawn over
the windows of hill soul.
“I congratulate luadonmiaelle,” he
saldmimply. “And Miss hicliruderi Is
it that she is to he married also?" I
“No,” anill (falista, feeling as if she
had l-liuill something, and ularvellinlz at
the Professor's self-control. "No: Miss
Mcllrlldcr has decided never to marry.” I
"i cannot thank you; oh, no, i cannot
thank you. i am not of the world—m
dreamer of dreams—«n shaduwt~a shadow ,
of the past. And you came to deliver me
from bondage —you awoke lny sunk—you
taught me to ace the Bulk-10H have given ’
me ilfe—~lifc-~—life; and yet, Mademoiselle,
you have taken more than you gave.
lienccfuri ii IIfl.‘ will be a haunting sorrow; '
thin room peopled with gilonte and I a;
ghost of ghosts, “'ill-n you go pillllltoma
will lwm me in and bar inc lroln thel
living WIII‘III, for i shall non-r learn to
mingle. with my fellows. it is all over.
All over! I go back townly tomb!”
He took Unlistn'a hand, pressed it
softly to his lipll for the first and last
time and mounted his rostrum. All
llalista slowly went away through the
little door the Professor’s voice rang
solemnly out from the gloom reciting the
your»; of the Catholic Church for the
end. Silo lllllleratoud him to mean that
be no longer lived.
The next morning, after (Julieta had'
gone away, the Professor once were
mounted hie rostrum and looked forth,
Into the gloomy room at Calistu’a vacant i
place. lie seemed to see her gray eyes
gazing up into hie, her soft check resting‘
upon her gloved hand. if she had gone,
away, how came she there? lint. as he
gazed, her face changed to M Iii!) lllcflrtbl
der'e Madonlmllko lineomenta. and he"
saw that she was quietly knitting in
in (.‘aiiste‘e place.
The l’rofeuuor’e llpe refused their wont-
ed took; he annoyed to commence his in-
variable formal openlug sentence. but,
listening to bill own wine, on in a dream,
he heard it once more repeat the solemn
prayers of the Catholic church for those
who are passing away, and knew. yet did
not realize. that years of eolitude and
neglect had done their work; that Prof.
nlmme. the profound Arabic echoliaet,
had ceased to exist; that in his stead rov
msined a narrow stricken shade, afraid of
ite own voice, ill that room filled with
spootree of bitter yearn, hop-es unreallsod
day dream» dreamt for the last time.
have nod come to thin poor enthusiast,
as it comes to all men. and coming,
placed a crown of supreme narrow upon
hie brow. until he wondered like a little
alrighted child
list! willlmr. have reluctant to he led.
into the kingdom and tire-lull and
shadows, where even love is cold and
won and gray. and death the lord of
all.
But when the ofiloes for the dead were
ever, theehnpe that out within Celieta’s
chair came and led the Professor away.
A. black veil hid its face, it» trembling
hand wan thin and cold.
And throw-a blast!
Years efier. so the din down broke,
andall the world became eglow with the
light of the one, Prof. Blbotean awoke
fre- tronbled dream teleek around his
room. A tell. this woman not heeido the
om'=e*
Itippcll his hat politely to the Indian, and
l According to the daily press, the city of
"How I looked as a result of those
changes it might not be modest for me
to any; but an to another and very re-
markable effect proceeding from them I
may testify.
“With the old blunt shoes and comfort-
able low collars and string, neoktiee, and
with the old way of parting the hair, low
down on one side, I seemed to put of! an
incrnstntion of old habits, and lo eiep up
out of a deep rut, up to a level where
men were hustling about in great shape:
and with my pointed shoes and high col-
lm'a and hair ported ill the fIlIlIfIIf' l was
one of them, once more. infuacll with the
idea of keeping up with the procession;
of keeping step to the music of active
life.
”And I don't hesitate to any that it wan
parting the hair in the middle that did
t. i could have. worn unmoved the
pointed toes, the high mllare, and the
new fashioned fies: but not no tin.- hair
parted in the middle; that i felt I must
live up to: it would never do for me to
part my hair in the middle and then
not make good my right to Wi'lil' it so.
“To all middle aged nufl'l-rers from
ntngnntion i would any: 'I’ry parting your
hair in the middle.”
A Young Man's Nleo Tact.
Among the passengem on Lancaster
avenue car No.1,iili8 last evening, as it
proceeded west from Thirty-second and
Market streets, was a well dressed young
man, who sat in the corner with hie cost
collar turned up, indulging in a half
doze. A bug lay at his feet, indicating
that he was returning from a journey.
When the cur reached the transformation
five young girls entered the cur, accom-
panied by two young men.
They had scarcely been seated when one
of the girls suddenly left her amt. threw
herself alongside of the young man in
the corner, and, piecing one arm partly
around his neck, exclaimed: “Wilyl
Cousin Emerson, you‘ve route at last.
What a illlher you are. We lookellwm”
She stopped, looked confused, then with
a little shriek hurriedly rrjoined her
companions, and buried her crimson
face in her handkerchief. She had made
a mistake.
The young man after recovering from
hia astonishment, arose from his seat,
bowed respectfully to the girls’ escorts,
got 0”. As the car panned on he could be
seen standing In the street awaiting the
next car. He had aligilted to relieve the
young lady of her embarrassment.—
Philadelphia Record.
Omaha's Educational Fly-tun.
The religious world does not monopo-
lize every rampant inconsistency. Politics
and affairs contain quite an many and
poseibly more. Here is one which come.
on the wings of the mail’fronl Omaha.
Omaha has not enough money to run its
schools, and the reason it In in this pro:
dicament in chiefly and directly because
the Omaha ealoone are not sufficiently
patronized. The curioua circumstances
by which the school and the uroggery are
thus linked together in disaster is due to
a law passed some time ago by the Neb-
rsllko legislature providing that the rev:
once for maintaining public school» shell
come directly from the enloon licenses
and from the lineup imposed on various
dive» and low resorts. For a time the
Omaha saloon beeper» did o good busi.
nose, and so her public schools had money
to provide for their operation on the
highest plane. Then the saloon business
fell off and the number of saloons de
creased. It is as o remit of this failure
In the market for beer and whioltey that
the Omaha school board conirente a
deficit and is unable to see a way out
of it.
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da 7
linebfortha-Meant to, at midnight.
Took my finel—blc—drinls, and then
found out that my watch way-bl..—
thirty seconds slow. Botbat put me over
into 'ilh again. 'l‘oo bod,sin’t lit- Cin-
cinnati Tribune.
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